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Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is the most I’ve ever enjoyed “Macbeth.” Though it’s one of his most famous plays, Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is actually my least favorite of his works that I’ve engaged with. And the two film adaptations I’ve seen — Orson Welles’ 1948 “Macbeth” and Akira Kurosawa’s 1957 “Throne of Blood” —...

In this edition of Movie DNA, we offer a film history guide to Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth and recommend other movies like it.

Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, carves out its own space in the history of Shakespeare onscreen.

Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, and the Dilemma of Adapting Shakespeare Shakespeare is the most screen-adapted writer of all time. And as far as cinematic adaptations go, 1948 was the best year. Republic Pictures Welcome to The Queue — your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we’re watching a video about why 1948 was a banger year for Shakespeare movies. William Shakespeare is, far and away, the most adapted author in all of cinema. Whether you’...